Fence-post



(No Model.)

J. B. GREVE.

FENCE-POST. I

No. 544,577. Patented Aug. 13,1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN B. GREVE, OF BOTKINS, OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

EJPECIFTCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,577, dated August 13, 1895.

Application filed May 2 1895. Serial No. 547,379. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. GREVE, of Botkins, in the county of Shelby and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to, certain improvements in fence-posts.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved corner or end fence-post particularly adapted for wire fences, which shall be exceedingly strong and durable in construction, and which will firmly support the fence and .sustain great strain with a minimum amount of metal and weight employed in its construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fence-post which can be constructed of tubing or rods and wherein a multiple-way coupling can be employed to unite the post proper and its feet or anchors, whereby the post can be most easily and economically put together as circumstances may require.

The invention consists in certain novel features of constructionand in combinations and arrangements of the parts more fully and par-' ticularly described and pointed out hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows my improved post employed for supporting the wires at the corners of the fence. Fig. 2 is a detail elevation with portions broken away, showing the employment of a three-way T-coupling at-the lower end of the post where the post-is employed as the end post or support.

In the drawings, a is the post formed of suitable length to extend the required distance above and below the surface of the ground. This post is here shown formed of the tube or pipe of the required stifiness and strength and straight throughout its length, with its lower end externally threaded to screw into the upper socket of the T-coupling a. This T-coupling has the desired number of sides or lateral sockets 1 Fig. 1 shows four lateral sockets making the five-way coupling, while Fig. 2 shows two lateral sockets, making the three-way coupling. However, I do not wish to limit myself to the employment of any peculiar multiple coupling, as any desired number of feet or anchors can be employed, as hereinafter more fully described. The feet or anchors cl radiate from the lower end of the post, with their inner ends secured thereto by couplings, preferably by having their inner ends threaded and secured into the lateral sockets a of the T-coupling on the lower end of'the post. The anchors extending in the line of strain and in-the plane of the wires are of co'nsiderablegreater length than those extending rearwardly in the same plane or beyond the post and wires.

6 are suitable braces secured to the'outer ends of the anchor and extend upwardly and secured by any. suitable means to the post proper a distance from the surface of the ground.

b are the line-wires of the fence, suitably secured to the post by any'desirable fastenings. (Not here shown.)

f are the stones and blocks of any desirable description'on which the anchors rest, and g are suitable blocks placed at the ends of the anchors or'feet.

The post extends a suitable distance be:

neath the surface of the ground to the anchors, and after the post and anchors have been suitably adjusted and arranged the earth is filled in and packed and the 'post is ready to have the wire stretched thereon.

Where the post is employed at the corner, so that the wires extend at right angles or otherwise therefrom, the anchors are employed so as to extend in the planes of both sets of wiresthat is, four anchors or feet are eni-v ployed and the five-way coupling is used at the lower end of the post.

Where the post is used at the'end of one set of wires only, but two anchors are employed usually, extending to the plane of the wires with the long anchor extending forwardly beneath the wires.

It is evident that various changes might be made in the forms, arrangements, and constructions of the parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth, but consider myself entitled to all such changes as fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. An end or corner post composed of the vertical post proper formed of a length of pipe arranged to extend a distance beneath the surface of the ground, a T-coupling on the lower end of said pipe, the anchor pieces secured in the side sockets of said coupling and extending radially from the lower end of the post and in the line of strain on the post, and

braces from the outer ends of said anchors upwardly to the post, substantially as described.

2. A post comprising the vertical post proper, 2 o a T-coupling on the lower end thereof, the radial oppositely'extending anchor feet from said coupling, braces from the outer ends of the feet to the post, and the blocks f, g, beneath and at the ends of the feet, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN B. GREVE.

W'itnesses:

A. E. BLAKELEY, II. S. ALLEN. 

